Derriford Hospital Car Parking


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2014-03-07 14:28

Read the excellent letter from "the Times" then published as the pick of the week's correspondence in "the Week" of 22 February 2014.

"NHS trusts regard parking as a valuable revenue generator. The cynical use of intermediary agents [Vinci] thinly dissociates them [trusts] from the unpleasant machinery of this process. Daily testimony confirms that the situation is far worse for patients and their families, many of whom have disabilities or cancer or circumstances that make public transport unfeasible. The reality is that such families are targeted at the most vulnerable times in their lives.
The situation will not change while NHS corporate well-being is regarded as more important than that of the patients and staff that care for them."